English Learning Strategies

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English Learning Strategies

• Mr. Ying Liu (??)
• Students English Times
• ?????

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New Curriculum Standard and the Idea of Learning
Strategies

• Learning strategies a short history.
• Learning strategy, along with attitude and
  feelings, cultural awareness is one of the three
  new goals defined in the new curriculum standard.
• It has been an ongoing idea in the west for the
  past few decades.

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New Curriculum Standard and the Idea of Learning
Strategies

• Learning strategies the present situation.
• Few research projects or books on the subject yet
  in china.
• Learning strategies for Chinese students is not
  well researched.

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Teachers and Students

• Most teachers pay little attention to the
  development of learning strategies of their
  students.
• Teachers do not realize how learning strategies
  will help them and their students.
• Most teachers and students are familiar with the
  idea of learning methods, and take learning
  strategies simply as a new name for an old idea.

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Methods v.s. Strategies

• Learning Methods
• We are familiar with the idea of learning methods
  
• There are many different kinds of methods
• Learning methods focused on skills, not learners
• Learning Strategies
• Focused on Learners, instead of skills
• Work at what be learnt, not what can be taught
• Systematic, comprehensive, individualized and
  well documented process

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Why Learning Strategies?

• Efficient way of learning.
• People learn differently.
• Systematic learning is efficient learning.
• Systematic learning plans, monitoring and
  assessing or evaluation.
• Teachers benefits.
• Efficient learners are easy to teach.
• Efficient learners are successful learners in
  many aspects.

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What Constitutes Learning Strategy

• Learners learning styles
• Cognitive
• Personality
• Learning Process
• Planning
• Monitoring
• Assessing or evaluating
• Documentation, or learning journals

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Learning Styles

• Cognitive
• Logical or intuitive
• Visual or audio
• Personality
• Introvert or extrovert
• Tolerance of mistakes
• Wiliness to risk

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Planning Strategy

• Determining the goals
• Gathering information
• Resources
• Assistance
• From goals to tasks smart system
• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Relevant
• Traceable

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Monitoring

• What to monitor
• Based on learners plan
• Based on curriculum goals
• How to monitor
• Regular
• random
• The documentation
• Keep records of the students
• Keep records of the teachers

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Assessing

• What to assess or evaluate?
• Directions
• Progress
• Problems
• How to assess
• Formal
• Informal

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Summary
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Contact Information

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